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| author | Maciej W. Rozycki <[email protected]> | 2008-07-23 21:29:49 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> | 2008-07-24 10:47:29 -0700 |
| commit | e9a8f4d1de12633bfb71b5fee47745b32877b7b5 (patch) | |
| tree | 3bf0f747b32314491b9b6cf4f44a2c6d3288390e /include/linux | |
| parent | 377135912806ddc87d56d64fafa685f4063c45f1 (diff) | |
serial: DZ11: avoid a hang at console switch-over
Changes to the generic console support code that happened a while ago
introduced a scenario where the initial console is used in parallel with
the final console during a brief period when switching between the two is
in progress. During that time a message about the switch-over is printed.
With some combinations of chips, firmware and drivers, such as the DEC
DZ11 clone used with the DECstation, a hang may happen because the
firmware used for the initial console may not expect the state of the chip
after it has been initialised by the driver.
This is a workaround for the DZ11 which reuses the power-management
callback to keep the transmitter of the line associated with the console
enabled. It reflects the consensus reached in a discussion a while ago.
Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <[email protected]>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <[email protected]>
Cc: Alan Cox <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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